kim o'connor says moments before she took this video she heard the young boy and mom arguing. >> i'mg to go in. no you are not. i'm going to go in. no you are not. and o'connor heard the splash. he was pulling the boy under water by his ankle. a long period of time. the 4-year-old. when he scaled him up, his head is banging against the wall, climbing up. so that's the part that people didn't see. the boy's family released a statement saying he is home and doing just fine. going on to say, we extend our heartfelt thank for the quick action by the cincinnati zoo staff. we know this was a very difficult decision for them, and that they are grieving the loss of their gorilla. >> the zoo says its barriers are adequate and officials are looking at whether there are ways to improve. elaine, the zoo hopes to reown the gorilla exhibit by this weekend. >> a lot of strong feelings about the story. thank you. >>> sharks are suspected of attacking swimmers on both coasts this holiday weekend. that's next. >>> germany was hit with deadly storms over the weekend. rain triggered furious flash floods

>> reporter: kim o'connor shot the video and was near the boy and his mother before hearing a splash in the moat. >> the little boirks i'm going to go in. no, you're not, i'm going nog, no, you're not. the other turns to her other children -- >> reporter: the 4-year-old climbed through a barrier and dropped into the exhibit. two female gorillas responded to a command by zoo trainers to leave, but the 400-pound harmbe did not. he ran toward the boy, dragged him through the moat twice, and then up a concrete section of the exhibit. >> when he scaled him up, his head's banging again the wall as he's climbing up. and so that's the part people didn't see. >> reporter: after ten minutes, employees shot and killed the 17-year-old endangered gorilla, fearing a tranquilizer might further agitate the ape. >> it seemed very much by our professional team, our dangerous animal response team, to be a life threatening situation. so the choice was made to put down or shoot harambe. in a statement, the sfaemd, "we extend our heartfelt thanks for the quick action by the cincinnati zoo staff. we know t

kim o'connor says moments before she took the video she heard the young boy and mom arguing. >> i'm going in, no you're not. i'm going to go in, no you're not. >> reporter: o'connor heard the splash. >> he was pulling the boy by the ankle under water for a long time, a 4-year-old. as he pulled him up, his head banged as he was climbing up. that's the part they didn't see. >> reporter: the family said h the boy is home and doing find and said we extend our heart felt thanks for the quick action by the cincinnati zoo staff. we know this was a very difficult decision for them and that they are grieving the loss of their gorilla. the zoo says the barriers are adequate and officials are looking at whether there are ways to improving. they hope to reopen the gorilla exhibit this weekend. >> quijano: a lot of strong feelings about the story. sharks expected of attack swimmers on both coasts this weekend. that's next. i do my best to manage.g with my diab but it's hard to keep up with it. your body and your diabetes change over time. your treatment plan may too. know your options. once-daily touj

[ screaming ] >> reporter: kim o'connor shot the video and was near the boy and his mother before hearing splash in the moat. >> the little boy, i'm going to go in. no, you're not. i'm going to go in. no, you're not. the mother turns around to her other children. >> reporter: the 4-year-old boy climbed through a barrier and dropped into the exhibit. two females responded to a command by zoo trainers to leave but the 400-pound harambe did not. o'connor says he ran out of his cave toward the boy, dragged him through the moat twice, and then up a concrete section of the exhibit. >> when he scaled him up, his head banging against the wall as he is climbing up. and so that's the part that people didn't see. >> reporter: after 10 minutes, zoo employees shot and killed the 17-year-old gorilla, fearing a tranquilizer might further agitate him. >> it seems very much by our professional team our dangerous animal response team to be a life-threatening situation. and so the choice is made, um, to put down or shoot harambe. >> reporter: in a statement, the family said, we extend our heartfelt thanks f

. >> the woman who took this video kim o'connor said she heard the boy and his mother arguing shortly before the incident. >> i'm going to go in. no, you're not. i'm going to go in. no, you're not. >> reporter: harambe's death is under scrutiny. more than 300,000 people have signed a petition calling for parents to be accountable. >> the zoo isn't a babysitter. >> reporter: wildlife biologist isn't placing blame but says the public should be more attentive. >> we have responsibility when we take our families. a lot of times we got lost in cell phone or taking a picture or texting and we're not keeping an eye on what's going on with our children. these are live animals, not animatronics. >> the boy made i through a fence and 4 feet of shrubs before dropping 15 feet into the mote blow. although they are standing by the decision they are mourning their gorilla along with the man who took care of harambe all his life. >> he was not mean, a gunshotel guy. an unforeseen circumstance. >> reporter: despite the outcry over the responsibility of the boy's parents, cbs has not confirmed whether

>> reporter: kim o'connor shot the video. >> they didn't see it.n't know how close to the end of life that child was. >> mommy loves you. >> reporter: at the time of the accident, there were two other female gorillas in the exhibit that were called away. officials say that in 38 years of operation, there has never been a security breach at the outdoor gorilla exhibit. they are reviewing the security they have in place. >> such -- that is a difficult decision to have make. you just don't know what was going to happen. >> reporter: on line, everyone had a different reaction. >> you think back a couple months ago, a tiger incident. it was the same thing, reaction was across the board, and they used a tranquilizer. >> they did wait ten minu >>> in our next hour, animal expert jack hanna joins us for a closer look at the controversial killing. that's ahead on "cbs this morning." >>> a pair of sharks attacks over the holiday weekend stunned beachgoers. a 13-year-old boy in florida got an eight-inch gash on his leg after swimming in neptune beach. lifegua

. >> reporter: witness kim o'connor said the boy had been talking about wanting to go in the water.she says his mother was watching several other children when the boy slipped through the railing and passed wires to enter the enclosure. ten agonizing minutes go by before zookeepers make the decision to kill the animal. >> it seemed by our dangerous animal response team to be a life-threatening situation. and so the choice was made to put down or shoot harambe. >> reporter: they say a tranquilizerou too long. on social media, people blame the child's mother. one writing, "while i'm very sorry that a child was hurt, i'm angry that parental neglect caused the death of this animal". >> we have to be his voice. >> i feel like they did this animal wrong and i feel like the mother should be held account be. >> reporter: the family issued a statement saying, "we are so thankful to the lord that our child is safe. he's home and doing just fine. we extend our heartfelt thanks for the quick action by the cincinnati zoo staff. we know that this was a very difficult decision for them and that th

. >> witness kim o'connor said the boy had been talking about wanting to go in the water.was watching several other children when the boy slipped through the railing and past wires to enter the enclosure. ten agonizing minutes go by about zoo keepers decide to hoot the western gorilla with a rifle. >> it seemed very much boy our professional team to be a life-threatening situation. and so the choice was made to put down or shoot harambe and so he's gone. >> they say a tranquilizer would have taken too long. on social media people blamed the child's mother. one writing while i am very sorry a child was hurt, i am angry that parental negligence caused the death of this magnificent animal. on sunday, protesters calling for justice. >> he don't have a voice anymore, they gunned him down so we have to be his voice. >> i feel like they did this animal wrong and the mother should be held accountable. >> reporter: the family said we are so thankful to the lord that our child is safe. he is home and doing just fine. we extend our heartfelt thanks for the quick action boy cincinnati

." >> reporter: witness kim o'connor said the boy had been talking about wanting to go in the water.ther was watching several other children when the boy slipped through the railing and wires to enter the enclosure. ten agonizing minutes go by before zookeepers made the difficult decision to shoot the endangered western lowland gorilla with a long rifle. >> great, big animal. it seemed very much, by our professional team, our dangerous animal response team, to be a life-threatening situation. so the choice was made to put down or shoot harambe. he's gone. >> reporter: they say a tranquilizer would have taken too long. on social media, people blamed the child's mother. one writing, while i'm sorry a child was hurt, i'm angry that parental negligence called the death of this animal. protesters calling for justice. >> we don't have a voice. they gunned him down, so we have to be the voice. >> the mother should be held accountable. >> reporter: the family issued a statement saying we are so thankful to the lord that our child is safe. he is home and doing just fine. we extend our heartfe

. >> an eyewitness, kim o'connor said the boy said he wanted to get in the water with the gorillas. >e kind of a big wake-up call -- >> that's something a four-year-old might say as a father of kids that, hey, a gorilla, wow, amazing. ultimately, did you think the is zoo make the right call? you put your kid in that ring and you spend so much time with animals. >> you got to understand, these people, this is their life. when you work at a zoo and you work with these animals, it's not a job that you go to 9:00 to 5:00. it's a way of life. these animals are not pets but they are literally family to these people so whoever probably pulled that trigger probably knows this animal very well. it's probably the most difficult thing they had to do. i don't know i would have able to do that. >> 31 minutes before the top of the hour straight ahead. a shocking case of road rage caught on camera. [ bleep ]. >> the man who just got hit by that car, a veteran on memorial day bike ride, can you believe that? the story behind the road rage just ahead. >>> and have you heard what eric holder says about

. >> reporter: witness kim o'connor said the boy had been talking about wanting to go in the water.re. ten agonizing minutes go by before zookeepers make the difficult decision to shoot the endangered western lowland gorilla with a long rifle. >> a great big animal. it seemed very much by our dangerous animal response team to be a life-threatening situation. so the choice was made to put down or shoot harambe, so he's gone. >> reporter: they say a tranquilizer would have taken too long. people blame the child's mother. one writing while i'm very sorry a child was hurt, i'm angry the parental negligence caused the death of this magnificent animal. on sunday, protesters calling for justice. >> he don't have a voice anymore. we have to be his voice. >> i feel like they did this animal wrong. and i feel like the mother should be held accountable. >> reporter: the family issued a statement saying we're so thankful to the lord that our child is safe. he's home and doing just fine. we extend our heartfelt thanks for the quick action by cincinnati zoo staff. we know this was a very difficul

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